Critical

Thinking in
the 21st
Century
Subject Description:
The course provides opportunities for
students to discover patterns and extract
meanings from emerging trends. It aids in
developing their critical and creative thinking
skills-- essential tools for decision making
and understanding “ethics of care”. Global
trends in the 21st century are examined and
are either accepted or rejected on a sound
set of criteria.
Subject Description:
Students will be asked to create and
analyze scenarios that will challenge
them to (1) formulate their stances on
issues or concerns; (2) propose
interventions and; (3) formulate
alternative futures. The students will
realize the interconnections between
their neural connections and social
realities.
CONTENT STANDARD:

The learner
understands the
emergence of trends
and patterns.
PERFORMANCE
STANDARD:
The learner will be able to derive
an idea from instances and
present this idea through a 100-
word essay, artwork, and other
graphic representations.
PRE-TEST!!!!!!

Get a ½ lengthwise
and answer the
following items. Kindly
read the instruction.
Instruction: Identify
the following terms as
FAD or TREND. Write
your answers on a
separate sheet of
paper.
 FAD OR TREND?
1. 3-D printing - ______________
2. loombands - ______________
3. virtual pets - ______________
4. online banking - ______________
5. medical tourism - _____________
 FAD OR TREND?
6. touch screen devices - _____________
7. candy crush app - ______________
8. fidget spinner - ______________
9. animated films - ______________
10. puka shell necklace - _____________
 FAD OR TREND?
11. denim jeans - ______________
12. business process outsourcing - ________
13. face app - ______________
14. powerbank - ______________
15. distance learning delivery mode - _____
ANSWERS
1. TREND 9. TREND
2. FAD 10.FAD
3. FAD 11.TREND
4. TREND 12.TREND
5. TREND 13.FAD
6. TREND 14.TREND
7. FAD 15.TREND
8. FAD
Directions: The following are random words
associated with fads and trends. Rank by putting 1
as your most liked and 10 as your least liked in the
blanks. Write your answers on a separate sheet of
paper.
 1. cologne 7. denim jeans 13.
smartphone
 2. sports 8. online chatting 14.
rubberband
 3. malling 9. Monopod 15.
facebook
 4. cinemas 10. Instagram
 5. haircut 11. Brick game
 6. fashion 12. powerbank
Trend
Trend is something that covers almost all of
human activities such as but not limited to
politics, beliefs, economics, lifestyle, social
life and the like whether the individuals or
groups of people are aware of it or not. It is
defined in various ways depending on the
orientation of these individuals or groups.
In the fields of arts, fashion
and music for example, it is a
prevailing style or preference
such as realism movement in
art, emergence of the
miniskirt, and popularity of
certain genre of music like
jazz, classical and rock.
In the sphere of economics, trends
may come as a general movement
registering statistical changes for a
long period such as the increasing
cost of living and rate of
unemployment. A typical example of
this is the long prevailing capitalistic
mentality of people all throughout
the world which in one way or
another dictates their economic
movement.
In politics, trends refer to a
tendency, drift, or bend toward
a certain stance, thought, or
policy as when democratic
Southeast Asian countries
favored authoritarian
governments at a certain point
in their histories.
Well, this will also remind us of our
own history when there was a point
in our time when people felt that
their freedom and liberty were
disregarded which brought them to
a struggle to regain it – the 1986
Edsa People Power Revolution,
which eventually became a kindling
reminder of how the true spirit of
democracy works.
Tosum up, a trend is a
pattern of behavior
demonstrated by a big
number of people within
a particular period.
Here are some examples of trend:
• gadgets
• teleserye
• social networking sites
• social advocacies
• drone technology
• denim jeans
• business process outsourcing
• online ticketing
• cashless transactions
Trend
Trend is an emerging phenomenon
that last for a long period of time and
transmit existing ventures to the
future generations.
Trend Analysis
Isan examination of these phenomenon and
speculations on the likely impact they will
have in the future. Any given phenomenon
and prediction which likely to happen or any
craze/fad or trend that would likely emerge
needs to be examined.
Trending
Is a phenomenal scenario that is currently
popular to the eyes and taste of the many. It
allows preemptive judgments and reactions
up to future events. It is something that
people follows either in social media or in
fashion. Trends are considered as “complex
fusion” of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Fad
A Fad is something, such as an
interest or fashion, that is very
popular for a short time (Merriam–
Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary).
A fad is a product that has little, if
any, utility but is characterized by a
quick rise in sales and popularity
followed by a quick decline in sales
and popularity.
Here are some classic examples
of fad.
 hula hoop  pet rock
 yo-yo  Friendster
 virtual pets  troll doll
 Frisbee  bucket challenge
 Pokémon Go  mannequin challenge
 Hello Kitty  “Gangnam Style” song
 Loomband  Tamagochi pets
 Candy Crush App  hoverboards
 iPod  fidget spinner
 kalyeserye
A fad is an intense but short-lived
fashion. It is a widely– shared
enthusiasm for something,
especially one that is short-lived. It
is a temporary fashion, a craze,
interest, or activity that people
follow enthusiastically, but lasts for
a short period of time.
To simply put it, a fad has a
definite beginning at a certain
point in time or history but, it
evolves and changes as it
continues to grow.
A person who starts a trend is called
trendsetter. The individual’s act or the
event has attracted attention, earned
acceptance, and created strong interest and
influence on people whose number keeps
increasing as days go by.
 According to futurists (a futurist is one who
studies and predicts the future, especially
based on current trends.) Rehn and
Lindkvist (2013), trendspotting refers to
the study of trends and the way they
develop and affect society.
 According to them, this should be
differentiated from cool- hunting which is a
hunt for those things that will become
popular before they are popular.

 Trend analysis is based on trendspotting

but it extends this into developing future
scenarios and so they say that to follow a
trend, one must not only be conscious of
what is currently happening but be wise
enough to predict the future. (Urgel, 2017)